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Re:Apple to build battery-based solar energy storage project... by r00fus on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @03:18PM (#26651752)
Doesn't this simply mean you increase baseload during winter? Solar isn't a baseload power option, it's best used in a portfolio of energy sources.

Energy fluctuations are what cost Texas so much the last month, and that could be greatly mitigated with battery storage solutions.

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Re:Apple to build battery-based solar energy storage project... by michaelt on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @04:24PM (#26652658)
To an extent.

But imagine you were writing a plan for northern europe to become carbon-neutral for electricity, heating and transport.

If you need the most power in the coldest, darkest months, and you manage to meet that demand with renewables that aren't solar, why have solar in the portfolio at all?

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